The Most Serene Kingdom of Arthenas is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by High King Lysander I with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 1.64 billion Arthenians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avalon. The average income tax rate is 57.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arthenian economy, worth 264 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 161,470 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, and gossip magazines are more interested in astrological stars than celebrity ones. Crime is totally unknown. Arthenas's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.